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Patent GB-2419330-A (GB)
Title: Structural element for a vehicle
Inventor: MULLINS ROBERT CLIVE
IPC: B62D29/00
Filed: 2004-10-25
Abstract: A structural element for a vehicle is disclosed. The element comprises an at least partially transparent body, having a three-dimensional array of interconnected chambers arranged to allow light to pass through the body so as to provide at least partial visibility through the element to an occupant of the vehicle when the structural element is mounted in the vehicle. An example of a structural element to which the invention may be applied is a pillar for a car. The three-dimensional array may comprise a metal mesh or lattice structure forming octahedral or diamond-shaped chambers. The array may be surrounded by a transparent material or alternatively may be filled with such a material. An anti-reflective or anti-glare coating may be provided, and a reinforcing beam may extend through the structural element. The transparent body may be made by a selective laser re-melting process.
Patent GB-2422410-A (GB)
Title: A connector for coupling a plurality of intravenous tubes
Inventor: CRAFT TIMOTHY MICHAEL
IPC: F16L47/32
Filed: 2005-01-19
Abstract: An intravenous connector device 210 for coupling a plurality of intravenous fluid conduits (see fig. 10) to a single intravenously insertable portion, the device comprising a body having two or more inlet lumens 220, 225, 250 for receiving fluid conduits, in which at least one of the lumens has means 260 for limiting the depth to which a fluid conduit can be inserted in use. The intravenously insertable portion may be a catheter or cannula attached to the device via a Luer lock. Each inlet receptacle may be provided with a step 260 or shoulder as limiting means. The device may have three lumens of different diameters arranged in a trilobate configuration, and may further have one of the lumens blocked so that only two lumens function. The device may comprise a single final outlet port ion 257. The lumens may be tapered 230 at the proximal end to facilitate insertion the fluid supply tubes.
Patent GB-2414383-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner with selectively driven roller
Inventor: JOUNG MYOUNG-SUN
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum cleaner main body 20 having a vacuum source and a dust-collecting receptacle for the drawn-in dust. A nozzle unit main body is fluidly connected to the vacuum cleaner main body 20. A rotatable brush 12 is mounted on the nozzle unit main body and a drive pulley 42 is mounted on the rotatable brush. An idler pulley 44 is disposed adjacent to the drive pulley 42. A belt 46 can be located either on the drive pulley 42 or the idler pulley 44 and on a drive shaft 28 of the vacuum source. A belt guide unit has a belt guide member 52 movable between a first position connecting the belt 46 with the drive pulley 42 and a second position connecting the belt with the idler pulley 44. A belt guide member controller is provided for moving the belt guide member 52 to one of the first position and the second position. The belt guide unit may further comprise a spring 56 for biasing the belt guide member into the first position.
Patent GB-2422681-A (GB)
Title: Moving lighting effect and apparatus and method therefor
Inventor: BOTTOMLEY PAUL ANTHONY
IPC: G09F19/12
Filed: 2005-02-01
Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating a moving lighting effect which uses a non-liquid surface 14 that simulates water having gentle waves moving thereacross. Light is reflected from the surface while the surface is manipulated so as to provide a projected pattern 28 that resembles a glistening effect found in nature. A plurality of actuators 16 on the underside of the surface are preferably used to manipulate the membrane and various options are disclosed for positioning the light sources 24, 26 or providing inputs to the system.
Patent GB-2410962-A (GB)
Title: Two tier canopy
Inventor: WU CHUNG SEN
IPC: E04H15/58
Filed: 2005-02-09
Abstract: A two tier canopy comprises a first canopy cover 14 supported by radially extending arms 21, and having a central opening, and a second canopy cover 16 disposed over the opening and supported by a central post 38 carried on arms 21 and biassed upwardly in use, e.g by a spring acting between telescopic sleeves 40 and 42. The first cover 14 may be held by pockets 26 into which arms 21 extend, and the second cover 16 by pockets 32 into which arms 30 extend as shown.
Patent GB-2424538-A (GB)
Title: Packet trace diagnostic system
Inventor: GARCIA FRANCISCO JAVIER
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2005-03-22
Abstract: A packet trace diagnostic system (201) for monitoring and displaying packet transfers in a telecommunications network (400), especially so that faults or errors in the network can be detected quickly and easily, includes one or more monitoring probes (230) for monitoring data packets being transmitted along selected communications path, a processor (260) for predetermining acceptable data packet transfer characteristics, a measurement module (240) for measuring data packet transfer characteristics and a comparator (250) for comparing the measured data packet transfer characteristics to the predetermined acceptable packet transfer characteristics thereby enabling the identification of defective data packet transfers for the selected communications path. A user interface (220) can be used to input acceptable packet transfer characteristics and a display (270) may be used to display the results from the comparator (250) on a message sequence chart, such as a ladder diagram. One of the packet transfer characteristics being measured may be packet transmission delay variation or "jitter".
Patent GB-2426725-A (GB)
Title: Multi-outlet nozzle apparatus
Inventor: RITCHIE CHARLES BUCHAN
IPC: B05B1/06
Filed: 2005-06-01
Abstract: A nozzle apparatus 10 for a gas burner in a gas turbine engine. The nozzle apparatus comprising a body portion 12, the body portion 12 defining a fluid inlet 16; and a head portion 14, the head portion 14 defining a plurality of fluid outlets 22, wherein the body portion 12 has a substantially conical inner surface 18 adapted to direct fluid to the outlets 22, and the head portion 14 has a substantially conical outer surface 20, the fluid outlets 22 being arranged around the outer surface 20. The shape of the inner and outer conical surfaces 18, 20 and the shape and arrangement of the fluid outlets 22 ensures that the fluid exits the nozzle apparatus 10 in a homogeneous manner.
Patent GB-2416520-A (GB)
Title: Land sailboard
Inventor: CROPPER ADAM ROBERT
IPC: B62B15/00
Filed: 2005-07-05
Abstract: In order to provide a sailboard for use on land that behaves more like a water sailboard than does a conventional land sailboard, the sailboard has a pair of wheels (7) or the like at one position along its board (5) that roll in the longitudinal direction of the board and therefore act like a fin of a water sailboard, and a pair of castors (9) or the like at another position along the board that can roll in any direction and therefore do not act so much like a fin of a water sailboard. The castors may be replaced by one or more multi-directional ball units.
Patent GB-2417561-A (GB)
Title: Laminated membrane for diffusion limited gas sensors resistant to pressure variations
Inventor: BABES-DORNEA ELENA
IPC: G01N33/28
Filed: 2005-07-25
Abstract: A micro fuel cell sensor (10) having a laminated gas permeable membrane comprises a housing (3), first and second gas diffusing electrodes (4-1, 4-2) spaced from one another, a fuel-cell spacer (5) having an acidic electrolyte disposed between said first and second electrodes (4-1, 4-2), and two gas permeable membranes (1, 7). The first gas permeable membrane (1) comprises a polymer laminated on a metal substrate, wherein the substrate comprises pores that have dimensions at least less than one-half the thickness of the polymer film. The first membrane may comprise a polymer laminated on a porous metal disk. The polymer may be polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE), perflurinated ethylene-propylene copolymer (FEP), perfluroalkoxy PTFE, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), polyimide, polyethylene (PE), polyether ester ketone (PEEK), polycarbonate (PC) or polyurethane. The gas detected may be, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, acetylene, methane or ethane. The electrodes may be identical and comprise at least one of platinum on carbon, gold, palladium, palladium-platinum, ruthenium, iridium, osmium, rhodium or tantalum.
Patent GB-2418773-A (GB)
Title: Mass spectrometric differentiation of tissue states
Inventor: SUCKAU DETLEV
IPC: G01N27/64
Filed: 2005-08-02
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting spatial distribution of tissue states of a histologic sample comprising the steps of analysing mass spectrometrically a prepared tissue section or copy of the prepared tissue section at spatially distributed points along one or two dimensions, using at least two mass spectrometric signals from each point to calculate different tissue states and presenting the spatial distribution of the tissue states. Preferably, the spatial distribution of the tissue states is represented graphically.
Patent GB-2428861-A (GB)
Title: Aid to telling the time on an analogue clock
Inventor: EVE IMELDA
IPC: G09B19/12
Filed: 2005-08-05
Abstract: A learning aid for assisting children to learn to tell the time on an analogue clock face comprises a set of auxiliary time indicator symbols A, B, C, which can include numbers, words and pictures. The auxiliary time indicator symbols are complementary to the time symbols normally present on an analogue clock face. Each of the auxiliary time indicator symbols is carried on a carrier element which is removably securable to the analogue clock face by means of adhesive, surface attraction or magnetic attraction. Each carrier element may include multiple auxiliary time indicator symbols or just a single symbol. The invention may also be used to learn to tell the time using the 24 hour clock (figs 8 to 13).
Patent GB-2417571-A (GB)
Title: Optical modulator
Inventor: DOI MASAHARU
IPC: G02F1/313
Filed: 2003-01-31
Abstract: An optical modulator comprises a substrate (101) and an optical device provided on the said substrate (101) and including a branching waveguide (111) for branching propagation light into two lights, two linear waveguides (112, 113) for propagating the propagation lights branched by the branching waveguide (111), and a synthesis waveguide (114) for synthesizing the propagation lights from the two linear waveguides (112, 113) such that a phase difference is provided to the propagation lights in the two linear waveguides (112, 113). The synthesis waveguide (114) includes two input waveguides (114a-1, 114a-2) for receiving the propagation lights from the two linear waveguides (112, 113) as inputs thereto, a waveguide coupling element (114a-5), and two output waveguides (114a-3, 114a-4) . The width of the waveguide coupling element (114a-5) on the input side is set greater than the width of the two input waveguides (114a-1, 114a-2) and the width of the waveguide coupling element (114a-5) on the output side is set greater than the width of the two output waveguides (114a-3, 114a-4).
Patent GB-2419391-A (GB)
Title: Homokinetic joint with a sealing arrangement
Inventor: NIEDERHUFNER MANFRED
IPC: F16D3/84
Filed: 2004-08-31
Abstract: The invention relates to a homocinetic joint (1, 1') comprising an inner hub (2, 2') and an outer hub (3), wherein several pathways (4, 5) are associated together in pairs, wherein balls (6) which are guided in a cage (7) are received in order to transmit torque between the inner hub and the outer hub. A sealing arrangement (10, 11, 16) comprising a set of bellows (11, 16) is provided in order to seal the homocinetic joint. The radially outer edge (11b 16b) of the set of bellows is coupled to the outer hub (3) and/or to a carrier housing (9. 9') engaging therewith. The radially inner edge (11a, 16a) is secured in a stationary manner on the inner hub (2, 2').
Patent GB-2423143-A (GB)
Title: An ice maker having fan assembly and fan assembly control method
Inventor: AN SI-YEON
IPC: F25C1/04
Filed: 2003-10-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to an ice maker (30 fig 3) having a fan assembly (60 fig 4), and a method of control. The ice maker has a fan assembly for supplying cold air to an ice-making tray, and in which an ice-making operation, an ice-releasing operation, a water-supplying operation and an operation for detecting a full level state of ice are controlled. The fan assembly has a fan unit 80 which is operated during the ice-making operation, and stopped before the ice-releasing operation is performed, and operated again after checking the full level state of ice, ice release and water supply conditions. In one aspect, the operation of the ice maker is automatically controlled, and in a further aspect the control monitors the ice-making operation and stops the fan if the ice-making operation is complete. The fan is mounted to a housing 62 which has first and second housing portions 62 a and 62 b. The first and second housing portions 62 a and 62 b are provided with coupling portions 63 and 63' at positions corresponding to each other so that the housing portions can be provisionally assembled. The interiors of the first and second housing 62 a and 62 b are partitioned by partition plates 64 to define a cold air flow passage (64 f fig 4), and a discharge duct 66 is formed integrally to communicate with the cold air flow passage.
Patent GB-2422281-A (GB)
Title: Mobile Display Device
Inventor: YOSHIOKA SHOJI
IPC: G02F1/1335
Filed: 2004-09-09
Abstract: A mobile telephone (100) has a display section (50) for displaying a left screen in the left direction and a right screen in the right direction. Accordingly, a viewer holding the mobile telephone (100) in hand can view the left screen when viewing the display section (50) from the left side and the right screen when viewing the display section (50) from the right side. Furthermore, the mobile telephone (100) detects a change of the direction of the display section (50) and switches the display screen. Consequently, when the viewer returns the holding state for viewing the right screen to the previous state and views the screen from the left side, he/she can view the next left screen.
Patent GB-2426566-A (GB)
Title: Tobacco dryer comprising a closed processing chamber formed by starwheel airlocks
Inventor: FISCHER CARSTEN
IPC: F26B3/10
Filed: 2006-05-19
Abstract: An apparatus and method for drying tobacco material 13, with a drying pipe 10 through which flows a hot gas stream 29 entraining the tobacco material to be dried, and with a separator 12 for separating the dried tobacco material from the hot gas stream, characterised in that, behind the separator in the direction of conveying, a substantially closed processing chamber 24 is formed by two starwheel airlocks 22, 23 arranged one behind the other in a conveying pipe section 25. Preferably, the processing chamber has an inlet 26 for introducing a conditioning medium 27 and an outlet 28 for removing the conditioning medium; the inlet and outlet may be arranged in such a way that the conditioning medium flows in counter-current to the tobacco material. Preferably, the conditioning medium comprises air, steam, water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or a mixture thereof. The tobacco material may be cooled, moistened or flavoured by the conditioning medium.
Patent GB-2426749-A (GB)
Title: Approach guidance system and method for airborne mobile platform
Inventor: DUBECK SCOTT T
IPC: G05D1/00
Filed: 2006-05-25
Abstract: The method/system involves determining a radius of a capture arc 30 (G-E) to which a glide slope 24 is tangential, and determining an altitude for a tangential interception of an airborne mobile platform flight path with the capture arc, wherein the glide slope is related to a way point 22, the radius of capture arc is determined in dependence upon the speed of the mobile platform 20, and the altitude is determined in dependence upon the radius of the capture arc and on the angle of the flight path. The airborne mobile platform may be guided to an intercept point on the capture arc. Transition of the platform 20 from the glide slope to a final altitude above a waypoint 22 may be via a flare arc (B-C). A guidance module may be provided which graphically represents the location of the intercept point G on a pilot flight path display.
Patent GB-2430465-A (GB)
Title: Clip comprising engaging legs with tapered width
Inventor: WAKABAYASHI YASUKI
IPC: F16B21/08
Filed: 2006-07-25
Abstract: A clip 10 to be inserted into and fixed to a rectangular hole (31, Fig. 1B) formed in an attached member (30, Fig. 1B) comprises a base body portion 11 that engages the rectangular hole on one side of the attached member, a stem portion 12 that extends from the base body portion into the rectangular hole, and a pair of engaging legs 13 that extend from an end portion of the stem portion toward the base body portion. An engaging portion 16 is disposed at the end of each leg to engage the rectangular hole on the other side of the attached member. The width of each leg is tapered from the end portion of the stem portion toward the base body portion. Each leg may include a straight portion 14, and a widened portion 15 which extends from at least one side of the straight portion.
Patent GB-2424578-A (GB)
Title: Pin block for carpet gripping device
Inventor: DESPINS MAURICE
IPC: A47G27/04
Filed: 2005-01-06
Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a pin block for use with carpet gripping tools that comprise a plurality of downward extending pins that are canted towards the front of the pin block. Each pin is centered and supported in a pin support that forms an end surface thereby allowing only a pin tip to be exposed. Extending between each pair of pin supports is a fin that has a downward edge which is flush with the end surfaces of the pin supports to form a continuous contact surface that prevents the pin tips from penetrating through the carpet backing. Each pin block is adapted to stack together with other pin blocks to form ganged pin blocks to increase the gripping power of a carpet gripping tool comprising the present invention.
Patent GB-2429474-A (GB)
Title: Method and Apparatus for Mud Pulse Telemetry
Inventor: GOLLA CHRIS A
IPC: E21B47/18
Filed: 2004-06-23
Abstract: A method and related apparatus for telemetry between downhole devices and surface devices generate a signal. The apparatus may send a first datum of a first parameter in an uncompressed form (35) and send a second datum of the first parameter in compressed form (38). Delta value compression is the preferred method. Additionally a plurality of lists may be sent to the surface from the downhole device, each list comprising data of a parameter. Each list may additionally comprise a counter value, that identifies each of the samples in the list in relation to the first datum (possibly in a previous list). Surface equipment, knowing the start time of the data, the periodicity of the samples, and a sample number for each datum, may thus calculate a time tag or stamp for each datum. The list containing the time tag may be sent before, during or after the bulk of the data.
Patent GB-2430798-A (GB)
Title: Electroluminescent device with protective structure
Inventor: AKAI TOMONORI
IPC: H01L51/10
Filed: 2006-08-31
Abstract: An electroluminescence device 1 has a laminated structure wherein an anode layer 3A, a light emitting layer 4, a charge transporting protection layer 5, and a cathode layer 3B are successively formed on a substrate 2. The charge transporting protection layer 5 comprises a transparent insulating material, or a transparent insulating material and a metal. The electroluminescence device 1 can overcome a drawback that a light emitting layer deteriorates when a cathode layer is formed on the light emitting layer and has no decline in the original function. The protection layer 5 is especially useful in protecting organic light emitting layers 4 from damage due to sputtering of the cathode layer 3D. A method suitable for producing such an electroluminescence device is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2443158-A (GB)
Title: Suitcase usable as a trolley
Inventor: LEMBOYE ANTHONY
IPC: A45C5/14
Filed: 2006-10-28
Abstract: A wheeled suitcase usable as a trolley comprises a suitcase provided with a handle and wheels allowing it to be pushed or pulled whilst being in a substantially horizontal orientation. Additional suitcases may be stacked upon, and be carried by, the wheeled suitcase.
Patent GB-2431112-A (GB)
Title: Condom and process for producing the same
Inventor: KATSURA YOSHIMOTO
IPC: A61F6/04
Filed: 2005-07-07
Abstract: [PROBLEMS] With respect to the conventional condoms, even when a lubricant is applied, the inside surface thereof is held substantially stuck to the surface of penis of male genital, so that the lubricity is unsatisfactory with the slide therebetween being extremely slight. Consequently, the physical stimulus on the penis is limited to thereby fail to satisfy the sexual desire of the wearer. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] There is provided a condom, namely, condom (1) consisting of a molding of hydrophobic material wherein the inside surface of head side excluding its root side is furnished with hydrophilic portion (3). The ratio of length (1) of the hydrophilic portion to the whole length (L) of the condom excluding a semen reservoir can be set so as to fall within the range of 20 to 80%. However, when the ratio falls within the range of 25 to 45%, an excellent balance can be established between lubricity enhancement and drop-off preventing effect.
Patent GB-2445183-A (GB)
Title: Tidal power device uses raised weights to store energy
Inventor: MILLEN DANIEL
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2006-12-28
Abstract: A float operated tidal power device uses gearing to lift weights as the float moves. The energy stored by the weights can be released as required allowing continuous power output regardless of the state of the tide. The float may be in the form of a hull which allows water to enter at high tide (this increasing weight) and allows the water to leave at low tide thus reducing the weight and increasing the buoyancy force on the float.
Patent GB-2434329-A (GB)
Title: Food processing appliance
Inventor: CALANGE YVES
IPC: B01F15/00
Filed: 2007-01-19
Abstract: A food processing device, in particular an immersion mixer (1) comprises an electric motor, a drive shaft (6), a tube (3), a bell-shaped housing (4) and a rotary tool (9). To ease the assembly or disassembly of such a mixer, a monobloc cartridge (27) is assembled in the bell-shaped housing so as to be removable. This cartridge includes a shaft guide body (16), attaching means (18-19), and means (21-23) forming a sealed bearing receiving the shaft and a sleeve (24). The cartridge is made in such a way that it is simply necessary to insert or release it through the top of the bell-shaped housing without any action by a specialist in the field being needed.
Patent GB-2433762-A (GB)
Title: Wellbore seal with spring and elastomer sealing element
Inventor: CHO BRIAN W
IPC: E21B33/12
Filed: 2005-03-31
Abstract: Apparatus usable in a wellbore of a subterranean well, the wellbore having a minimum open hole inner diameter, comprises a base pipe, a spring 54 mounted to the base pipe, and an outer sealing element 84 at least partially surrounding the spring. The sealing element in a relaxed stale of the spring has an outer diameter larger than the minimum open hole inner diameter. The profile of the tubular member may be varied along the length of the spring and the spring may comprise a tubular member having a helical groove. The thickness of the tubular member may be reduced at the midpoint of the spring and the angle of the helical groove may vary along the length of the spring.